SICKENING footage of a yob throwing a dog down the stairs for fun has been branded some of the cruellest footage ever witnessed by the RSPCA.

Callous Andrew Frankish is seen hurling the terrified dog repeatedly from top to bottom of the staircase while squealing in delight.

Another clip shows a giggling Frankish holding the mortified bulldog called Baby above his head, before asking a mobile phone camera: “Should I?”

**WARNING - GRAPHIC AND DISTRESSING CONTENT IN VIDEO**

He does not wait for an answer but throws the dog down the stairs with an awful thump as the animal tumbles.

Later, he pile-drives the dog head first on the ground before a bouncing on the poor animal like a trampoline.

Between being head butting the dog and stamping on her head and chest, his equally vile sidekick – who has not been named– joins in the torture of the whimpering animal, saying: “See if we can make it scream any more. We should throw it down the stairs by its ears…"

Frankish’s onslaught was caught on camera but luckily the SD card that held his sordid secrets came back to haunt him.

A member of the public found the chip on a supermarket floor, recognised Frankish and his companion and alerted the police.

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Thug Andrew Frankish can be seen throwing the dog down the stairs multiple times in the video

They were both arrested later that day.

As both 22-year-old Frankish, of Redcar, North Yorkshire and the 18-year-old were given suspended prison sentences and curfews, investigators in the case said the images will also haunt them forever.

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Frankish head butts the dog, stamping on her head and chest, before throwing her downstairs again

What happened to her will stay with me, and all of us who worked on this case, forever

Gemma Lynch, RSPCA inspector

RSPCA inspector Gemma Lynch said: “She is totally submissive throughout, not even making a noise when she lands on the stairs, bouncing to the foot of them where there is a baby gate which she crashes into before hitting the ground.

“Frankish is saying things like ‘one, two, three’ before hurling her down them. He is clearly enjoying himself. He’s laughing and smiling. The whole horrible ordeal seems to be for his and the younger man’s entertainment, for fun.”

Even for experienced animal welfare workers who witness cruelty and neglect on daily basis, Frankish’s behaviour reached new levels of barbarity.

“Everyone who has seen the video says it’s the most distressing thing they’ve ever seen – and these are people who have seen a lot of horrible things,” added Inspector Lynch. “

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Baby the bulldog had to be put down after the video was filmed, after being partially paralysed

“One clip shows him stamping on her neck repeatedly at the bottom of the stairs, then picking her up and throwing her to the ground with force over and over again. He’s laughing hysterically.

“Another clip shows him standing on Baby’s chest with his full body weight at the top of the stairs, before jumping up and down on her. This is the only time you hear her make a noise, and she is crying throughout.

“The younger man says, ‘See if we can make it scream any more. We should throw it down the stairs by its ears’, before Frankish picks her up against the wall and head-butts her twice, then throws her down the stairs again.”

Magistrates gave both men 21-week jail sentences suspended for two years and ordered them to be tagged for six months for 8pm to 6pm curfews after they admitted causing Baby unnecessary suffering by physical violence.